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| − | + | [[Image:Symbol move vote.svg|20px]] To use an image on Wikipedia, follow these steps: | |
#Ascertain carefully the copyright status of the image. If in doubt, [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions|ask]]. As a rule of thumb, images that you did not take yourself are almost always under copyright, and images that you took can be released under a free license. | #Ascertain carefully the copyright status of the image. If in doubt, [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions|ask]]. As a rule of thumb, images that you did not take yourself are almost always under copyright, and images that you took can be released under a free license. | ||
#If the image is in the public domain, or under a free license compatible with [[:c:Commons:Licensing|Wikimedia Commons' license requirements]], or if you hold the copyrights and are willing to release the image under such a license, upload it on Wikimedia Commons using the [[c:Special:UploadWizard|Upload Wizard]]. | #If the image is in the public domain, or under a free license compatible with [[:c:Commons:Licensing|Wikimedia Commons' license requirements]], or if you hold the copyrights and are willing to release the image under such a license, upload it on Wikimedia Commons using the [[c:Special:UploadWizard|Upload Wizard]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:50, 31 March 2017
To use an image on Wikipedia, follow these steps:
- Ascertain carefully the copyright status of the image. If in doubt, ask. As a rule of thumb, images that you did not take yourself are almost always under copyright, and images that you took can be released under a free license.
- If the image is in the public domain, or under a free license compatible with Wikimedia Commons' license requirements, or if you hold the copyrights and are willing to release the image under such a license, upload it on Wikimedia Commons using the Upload Wizard.
- If the image is neither public domain nor available under a free license, check whether it satisfies all non-free content criteria. In particular, photographs of living people almost never qualify. If it does not, it cannot be used on Wikipedia; do not upload it. If it does, upload it on Wikipedia (not on Wikimedia Commons).
- Once the image has been uploaded to the Wikimedia Foundation's servers (either to Commons or Wikipedia), follow the steps in the picture tutorial to place the image in an article.